“Listening to the governor’s plan, I liked hearing that it was a no-tax increase budget, much like the budgets we passed without tax increases in my first three years in the Legislature. However, I am concerned that there is a multibillion-dollar increase in the spending plan and no real way to pay for that. I heard about some increases in revenue, but not enough to fulfill the needed $3 billion to $4 billion,” Mehaffie said.

Mehaffie added that he is concerned about taking from one line item or program to pay for another, comparing it to a “robbing Peter to pay Paul” scenario.

“I don’t know how that is going to affect those other line items and, more importantly, who it is going to affect,” he said.